12 Examples of Single Sentences and Mixed Compound Sentences

Single sentence is one of types of sentences whose structure only consists of one Subject (S) and one Predicate (P) and additional fromsentence elements in Indonesian other. Meanwhile, mixed compound sentences are one between types of compound sentences whose structure is a combination of two clauses and one main clause, or one main clause with two clauses.

In this article, two of types of sentences based on their structure This will show some examples. The examples themselves can be seen as follows!

A. Single Sentence Example

1. Pak Anwar is shaving his mustache with a razor. (S: Pak Anwar, P: shaving, O: his mustache, K: using a razor)
2. Mother is buying vegetables at the market. (S: mother, P: buying, O: vegetables, K: at the market)
3. Mr. Anwar lent Mr. Joko some money for Mr. Joko's business capital. (S: Mr. Anwar, P: lend, O: Mr. Joko, Pel: some money, K: for business capital Mr. Joko)
4. My father gave my sister a gift on her ninth birthday. (S: father, P: give, O: sister, Mo: gift, K: on sister's ninth birthday)
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5. The pharmacist offered us one of the medicines. (S: the medicine man, P: offered, O: us, Mop: one of the drugs)
6. Pak Amir is the new director of this mining company. (S: Mr. Amir, P: is the new director, K: in this mining company)

B. Examples of Mixed Compound Sentences

1. Dad left for the office. (main sentence 1)
   Mother went to the market. (main sentence 2)
   My sister lives alone at home. (clause)
   Father goes to office and mother goes to market, while Adi lives alone at home (mixed compound sentence)
2. Father goes to the office. (main sentence 1)
   Mother goes to the market. (main sentence 2)
   We're still asleep. (clause)
   Dad went to the office and mom went to the market, while we were still asleep. (mixed compound sentence)
3. Pak Umar sells banana compote. (parent sentence 1)
   Mrs. Sri sells fried foods. (main sentence 2)
   During the month of Ramadan (paraphrase)
   Pak Umar sells banana compote and Bu Sri sells fried foods, during the month of Ramadan. (mixed compound sentence)
4. Dad came home. (main clause)
   It was already midnight. (sub clause 1)
   We have fallen asleep. (sub clause 2)
   Dad came home when it was midnight and we had fallen asleep. (mixed compound sentence)
5. When the rain wets the earth. (sub clause 1)
   My bus hasn't arrived yet. (sub clause 2)
   I'm still waiting at this bus stop. (main clause)
   When rain soaked the earth and the bus I was headed for had not yet arrived, I was still waiting at this bus stop. (mixed compound sentence)
6. Father goes to the office. (sub clause 1)
   We are studying at school. (sub clause 2)
   Mother is still at home cleaning the house. (main clause)
   When my father went to the office and we were studying at school, my mother was still at home cleaning the house. (mixed compound sentence)

These are some examples of singular sentences and mixed compound sentences. Hopefully useful and able to add insight to all readers, both about single sentences and mixed compound sentences in particular, as well as languageIndonesia in general.